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What’s next for Max Holloway, Jared Cannonier after UFC 276 losses?

What’s next for Max Holloway, Jared Cannonier after UFC 276 losses?

It was a tough night for the challengers at UFC 276, because no one was able to force a belt to change hands on Saturday’s card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In the main event, Jared Cannonier (15-6 MMA, 8-6 UFC) struggled to find any meaningful offense against Israel Adesanya (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC), lost a unanimous decision and was unable to fulfill his goal of claiming the middleweight championship. The co-headliner, meanwhile, saw Max Holloway (23-7 MMA, 19-7 UFC) fall to 0-3 in his… Source link

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Max Holloway pulls out, Alexander Volkanovski wants Chan Sung Jung

The UFC’s plans for UFC 272 lasted about two days. Former featherweight champion Max Holloway pulled out of his title rematch against current champ Alexander Volkanovski after aggravating an injury Thursday, according to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. Dana White announced the Volkanovski-Holloway fight on Tuesday, setting up a trilogy. In the two previous bouts, Volkanovski won a unanimous decision and split decision.  Volkanovski is currently the promotion’s No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter.  Since his… Source link

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Calvin Kattar looking to win big vs. Max Holloway

The last time it was this easy for Calvin Kattar was in 2008, when mixed martial arts made its debut on network television with a card headlined by the late Kimbo Slice on CBS. Kattar suffered his first professional defeat on that card at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, getting submitted by James Jones at 4:49 of the first round. Now, more than a dozen years later, it’s a very different Kattar who is now headlining the first UFC bout on network television in more than two years… Source link

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